Koenigsegg CCR

Sweden makes dull, safe, dependable cars. Italy does the outrageous supercars with unpro­nounceable names, right? Not entirely. In 1994 Sweden added a third automaker to Volvo and Saab, and it makes rather different cars. In 2005, a Koenigsegg CCR broke the McLaren F1’s long-​​standing record as the world’s fastest production car at a test at the Nardo high speed circuit deep in southern Italy home territory for its exotic rivals.